Durante mas de medio siglo este ha sido el libro de referencia de profesionales y docentes de las relaciones publicas y la comunicacion empresarial. Desde 1952, los autores han jugado un papel capital en la profesionalizacion de las relaciones publicas, y su innovador manual las convirtio en objeto de estudio academico. Muchas de sus ideas y ambiciones de la primera edicion todavia lideran la practica y la ensenanza de las relaciones publicas del nuevo milenio. La presente edicion, es la traduccion de la octava norteamericana, que recoge el impacto de las nuevas tecnologias en la practica de las relaciones publicas.
Well, now that I've gotten my APR, I'm glad to have this book around. While I didn't read the entire thing, it will stay on my shelf as a tried and true PR reference.
*********************************************************** It's the PR bible, it turns out. Gotta have it to make it through the APR exam, so yes, I probably have just bought my last ever textbook. Unless I decide to get another masters or Ph.D. someday.
This was alternately a thrill and a chore. Some parts are excellent, some parts are awful. It definitely reads like it was written by two people: one who could write and one who could not.
This public relations textbook was good enough that I've saved it for all these years, and still refer to it occasionally. A favorite part of this book is the treatment of the American Revolution as a public relations campaign. According to this book, the Boston Massacre was not a spontaneous event and the Liberty Tree was a clever symbol for rallying the colonists.